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huffingtonpost.com

Category: News

Scanned: May 16, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC · First seen: May 16, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 92 · Times Scanned: 1
93 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of huffingtonpost.com Captured May 16, 2026
https://huffingtonpost.com
Screenshot of huffingtonpost.com
21 years
Very Popular - #1,126 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (92 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS CloudFront (GLOBAL)
Paris, France
Unknown
Unknown
13.227.231.61
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Registered March 10, 2005
Expires March 10, 2028
Name Servers ns-1205.awsdns-22.org
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting AWS CloudFront (GLOBAL)
Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
6 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
1
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
/index Flagged: medium risk
www.huffpost.com.http-redirect 89 B No threats
client.aps.amazon-adsystem.com/publisher.js 357.3 KB No threats
www.huffpost.com/# 1.7 MB No threats
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js 26.2 KB No threats
cdn.cookielaw.org/opt-out/otCCPAiab.js 21.6 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
348
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
152
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://huffingtonpost.com/600Not flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/about:blankNot flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/entertainment/Not flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/entertainment/artsNot flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/entertainment/celebrityNot flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/entertainment/tvNot flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/horoscopesNot flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/impact/businessNot flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/impact/greenNot flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/impact/topic/social-justiceNot flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/javascript:Not flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/javascript:falseNot flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/life/Not flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/life/familyNot flagged
http://huffingtonpost.com/life/healthy-livingNot flagged
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690ce6de.streaklinks.comNot flagged
abcnews.comNot flagged
abeagle-public.buzzfeed.comNot flagged
advertise.buzzfeed.comNot flagged
ag.purdue.eduNot flagged
apnews.comNot flagged
archive.nytimes.comNot flagged
balancedacupuncture.com.auNot flagged
c.aps.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
c.toolbox.aps.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
cd.connatix.comNot flagged
cdn-magiclinks.trackonomics.netNot flagged
cdn.cookielaw.orgNot flagged
cds.connatix.comNot flagged
chewy.sjv.ioNot flagged
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huffingtonpost.com Overview

Description of huffingtonpost.com

huffingtonpost.com appears to be the official website for HuffPost, a long-running digital news and media publication. Based on the page title, metadata, and on-page navigation, the site publishes breaking news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle, opinion, and related editorial content for a broad general audience.

The domain has been registered for more than two decades and uses branding consistent with a major established media outlet. Its categories from multiple web-classification providers align with news and media, and the homepage screenshot shows a standard editorial layout with sections such as News, Politics, Entertainment, Life, Shopping, Personal, Voices, and Games.

Safety Assessment for huffingtonpost.com

The available scan results are broadly reassuring at the time of this scan. The domain was not flagged by any of 92 security engines, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources reported clean results. In addition, the site has a strong longevity signal, a high traffic ranking, and content that appears consistent with a mainstream news publisher rather than a phishing page, malware landing page, or deceptive storefront.

One malware scan produced a generic "suspicious" result on the /index page, but no specific malware family was identified, no external links or referenced domains were flagged, and this signal was not corroborated by the broader engine consensus or blacklist checks. Generic heuristic findings can sometimes reflect page complexity, scripts, or dynamic content rather than confirmed malicious behavior.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan, though the isolated heuristic flag suggests routine caution is still appropriate as with any large, script-heavy website.

Technical Description

The site is served over HTTPS with a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued through Amazon infrastructure, and the observed hosting points to AWS CloudFront, a widely used global content delivery network. The domain is registered through a major corporate registrar and uses AWS nameservers. The certificate was valid at the time of this scan, and the observed server IP geolocated to Paris, France, which may reflect CDN edge delivery rather than the publisher's primary origin location.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not benefit from that additional authenticity layer. No iframe-related concerns were observed in the provided scan data, and the external-domain review did not identify flagged third-party references at the time of analysis.

HTTP Redirect Chain
No redirects detected - direct connection to destination
Website Insights
#1,126
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: News
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 6 May 16
41 cookies detected
Essential41
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
0 1st party cookies
41 3rd party (trackers)
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